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Self-care knowledge and activities of people with diabetes mellitus submitted t...
Batista, Jéssica Magalhães Felipe; Teixeira, Carla Regina de Souza; Becker, Tânia Alves Canata; Zanetti, Maria Lúcia; Istilli, Plínio TadeuA quasi-experimental study that analyzed diabetes knowledge and self-care activities of people with diabetes mellitus and, their relationships with sociodemographic variables and glucose control after participating in a telephone support program. Forty-eight people constituted the sample, and they were interviewed using the tools Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire and the Brazilian version of the Summary of Diabe...
Group teaching of the insulin application process
Batista, Jéssica Magalhães Felipe; Becker, Tânia Alves Canata; Zanetti, Maria Lucia; Teixeira, Carla Regina de SouzaASBTRACT The objective of the present study was to analyze the skill that individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) have in performing the insulin application process before and after and educational group session regarding this procedure. Data collection was performed through the application of a checklist that evaluated an individual’s initial skill regarding the process. Next, an educational group session was ...
Self-monitoring blood glucose at home: integrative literature review
Teixeira, Carla Regina de Souza; Zanetti, Maria Lúcia; Landim, Camila Aparecida Pinheiro; Becker, Tânia Alves Canata; Santos, Ellen Cristina Barbosa dosThis integrative review aimed to search and to evaluate the available scientific evidence about blood glucose self-monitoring at home with a view to good metabolic control in the people with diabetes mellitus, in the period between 1990 and 2009. To develop this, the selection of the studies was carried through four databases: PUBMED (National Library of Medicine), MEDLINE/BVS (Medical Literature Analysis and R...